and how david cameron pocketed a fortune. this is the story of a former british prime minister, and a dodgy scheme that could cost investors billions. it starts in the german town of bremen. i've come here to investigate a bankjob. this used to be the headquarters of greensill bank, until it went bust earlier this year. the bank's offices, and the homes of its former bosses, have been raided by police. billions of euros of savers�* cash looks to have been lost. welcome to the greensill bank. 1970s architecture, isn't it? yes, i think so, yes, you are right. local journalist florian schwiegershausen has been on the case. the regulator had a supervisor in the bank, and they had enough informations to say, there's something wrong here, and we think what's going wrong here is cheating the balance sheet. and, just to be clear, is that criminal? of course that's criminal. yes, yes. the allegations are denied, and the bank's managers reject any suggestion of wrongdoing. but as much as £2.5 billion may have been lost. the bank was

and how david cameron pocketed a fortune. this is the story of a former british prime minister, and a dodgy scheme that could cost investors billions. it starts in the german town of bremen. i've come here to investigate a bankjob. this used to be the headquarters of greensill bank, until it went bust earlier this year. the bank's offices, and the homes of its former bosses, have been raided by police. billions of euros of savers�* cash looks to have been lost. welcome to the greensill bank. 19705 architecture, isn't it? yes, i think so, yes, you are right. local journalist florian schwiegershausen has been on the case. the regulator had a supervisor in the bank, and they had enough informations to say, there's something wrong here, and we think what's going wrong here is cheating the balance sheet. and, just to be clear, is that criminal? of course that's criminal. yes, yes. the allegations are denied, and the bank's managers reject any suggestion of wrongdoing. but as much as £2.5 billion may have been lost. the bank was

lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron's government. he had his own office at number ten. two years after david cameron left downing street, he went to work for his friends firm. greensill. changing finance - to change the world. mr cameron travelled the world promoting greensill capital. with david cameron onboard, it sold more than $14 billion of investments. having an ex—prime minister is a great way to open doors. he played a really crucial role in getting greensill in front of the right sort of people, which meant they could get access to more money, more funding, big investors. when greensill capital went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but the man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took at least $40 million out of his company based at these offices in the west end of london, and his family trust took millions more. 0ur former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill to mr cameron. it suggests david cameron pocketed $4.5 million, afte

lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron's government. he had his own office at number ten. two years after david cameron left downing street, he went to work for his friends firm. greensill. changing finance - to change the world. mr cameron travelled the world promoting greensill capital. with david cameron onboard, it sold more than $14 billion of investments. having an ex prime minister is a great way to open doors. he played a really crucial role in getting greensill in front of the right sort of people, which meant they could get access to more money, more funding, big investors. when greensill capital went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but the man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took at least $40 million out of his company based at these offices in the west end of london, and his family trust took millions more. 0ur former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill to mr cameron. it suggests david cameron pocketed $4.5 million, after

david cameron _ about this. -- cameron's read, it says. david cameron was - about this. -- cameron's read, it. says. david cameron was reported about this. -- cameron's read, it- says. david cameron was reported lee paid or received £7 million from greensill capital before it rather spectacularly went bust. this is as a result of paper shown to bbc panorama — there has been a programme about that. half of the money came from the share of shares which david cameron made for the company collapsed, and it does rather highlight how he was expect to sing for his son. we know that he bombarded ministers with requests to be seen —— singh for his son. and that left a rather sour taste in the mouth, but obviously this is what greensill capital were expecting him to do, this is what it paid him so much money, this is why they gave him so many share options, and hejust they gave him so many share options, and he just exercise those options at a veryjudicious time. i and he just exercise those options at a veryjudicious time.— at a very 'udic

mr cameron travel the world promoting greensill capital, with david cameron on board, it sold more than three billion dollars of investments. having an ex prime minister is a great way to open doors. i don't really show role in getting greensill capital in front of the right sort of people which meant they could get access to more money, more funding, bigger investors. when they went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took millions of dollars out of the company and his family trust took millions more. a former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letterfrom greensill to mr cameron suggesting david cameron pocketed 11.5 million dollars after cashing in shares in 2019. before tax, including his salary and bonus, it looks like he made around $10 million for 2.5 years part—time work. tt million for 2.5 years part-time work. . , ., ., ,., ., ,, work. it was all about making money and i thinkthe _ work. it was all

lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron's government. he had his own office at number ten. lex greensill, lex, where are you? two years after david cameron left downing street, he went to work for his friends firm. greensill. changing finance to change the world. mr cameron travelled the world promoting greensill capital. with david cameron onboard, it sold more than $14 billion of investments. having an ex prime minister is a great way to open doors. he played a really crucial role in getting greensill in front of the right sort of people, which meant they could get access to more money, more funding, big investors. when greensill capital went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but the man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took at least $40 million out of his company based at these offices in the west end of london, and his family trust took millions more. 0ur former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill to mr cameron. it suggests david came

lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron's government. he had his own office at number ten. lex greensill, lex, where are you? give us a wave. two years after david cameron left downing street, he went to work for his friends firm. greensill. changing finance to change the world. mr cameron travelled the world promoting greensill capital. with david cameron onboard, it sold more than $ia billion of investments. having an ex prime minister is a great way to open doors. he played a really crucial role in getting greensill in front of the right sort of people, which meant they could get access to more money, more funding, big investors. when greensill capital went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but the man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took at least $a0 million out of his company based at these offices in the west end of london, and his family trust took millions more. our former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill to mr cameron. it sug

david cameron appeared at the event with his boss, lex david cameron appeared at the event with his boss, lex greensill, david cameron appeared at the event with his boss, lex greensill, and it was called the future of supply chain financing and the audience where the credit suisse clients and worthy investors looking for a good investment and a low risk investment quite a mark at the time they marketed supply chain finance funds which used invensys cash to buy greensill investors and they were told that the funds were low risk and their money would be used by greensill to make short—term loans to businesses, backed up by invoices. what panorama discovered is that at the time of mr cameron's appearance, greensill was also using credit suisse's investors money to make longer term, higher risk loans that weren't backed up by invoices at all and the investors had no idea. , ., at all and the investors had no idea. ,., ~ ., ., at all and the investors had no idea. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., idea. do you know what mr cameron said at that — idea. do you know what mr cameron said at that conference? _

more questions for david cameron, after documents obtained by the bbc suggest he made around £7 million from the failed finance company greensill. scientists begin trials of an artificial intelligence system that may be able to diagnose dementia in a single day, rather than the many months it often currently takes. london's tower bridge has reopened to traffic overnight after becoming stuck due to a technical problem. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a woman from the us has filed a civil lawsuit in new york, accusing prince andrew of sexual abuse. in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre claims she was trafficked to the prince by the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein, when she was 17. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. in november 2019, newsnight�*s emily maitlis spoke to prince andrew about ms giuffre�*s allegations. do you remember meeting her at all? no. you can say categorically that you do not recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her... yep. — ..dancing with her at tramp... yep. ..or going on to have sex with

it's a bit like, for example, when david cameron has anything _ example, when david cameron has anything to— example, when david cameron has anything to say with brexit. obviously he has credible comments but people will feel slightly sensitive to acknowledge anything that tony — sensitive to acknowledge anything that tony blair wanted to say in this regard. i mean, it'sjustified to say— this regard. i mean, it'sjustified to saythat— this regard. i mean, it'sjustified to say that it was hasty obviously to say that it was hasty obviously to withdraw from afghanistan. however, i think that tony blair himself— however, i think that tony blair himself is— however, i think that tony blair himself is putting himself in a standing _ himself is putting himself in a standing for quite a lot of criticism _ standing for quite a lot of criticism as well, with people remembering his legacy with this whole _ remembering his legacy with this whole ordeal.— remembering his legacy with this whole ordeal. . , , v , whole ordeal. sebastien, picking up with what joanna _ whole ordeal. sebastie

lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron's government. he had his own office at number 10. two years after david cameron left downing street, he went to work for his friends firm. greensill, changing finance to change the world. mr cameron travelled the world promoting greensill capital. with david cameron on board, it sold more than $14 billion of investments. having an ex—prime minister| is a great way to open doors. he played really crucial role in getting greensill in frontl of the right sort of people, - which meant that they could get access to more money, - more funding, big investors. when greensill capital went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but the man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took at least $40 million out of his company based these offices in the west end of london, and his family trust took millions more. 0ur former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill to mr cameron. it suggests david cameron pocketed $4.5 million a

lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron's government. he had his own office at number 10. lex greensill, where are you? give us a wave. two years after david cameron left downing street, he went to work for his friends firm. greensill, changing finance to change the world. mr cameron travelled the world promoting greensill capital. with david cameron on board, it sold more than $14 billion of investments. having an ex—prime minister| is a great way to open doors. he played really crucial role in getting greensill in frontl of the right sort of people, - which meant that they could get access to more money, - more funding, big investors. when greensill capital went bust in march, those investors were left facing billions in losses. but the man who set it up isn't short of cash. lex greensill took at least $40 million out of his company based these offices in the west end of london, and his family trust took millions more. 0ur former prime minister also had a bumper payday. panorama has obtained a letter from greensill to mr cameron. it

this was an eventjust over - two years ago, do we know what david cameron actually said that event? we don't cameron actually said that event? - don't know his exact words but his don�*t know his exact words but his personal appearance is what would have lent credibility to greensill capital and its investment, and over several years credit suisse investors put more than $10 billion into greensill investments and they are now expecting to lose about two and a half billion dollars of that. david cameron�*s spokesperson said he was not a director of the company and not involved in any lending decisions and he said it is preposterous to suggest that david cameron would work for any company if he was aware that it was behaving improperly and was in any way seeking to mislead investors. we have comments from mr greensill denied misleading investors and he said his company made of the appropriate disclosures to credit suisse and the swiss bank was solely responsible for making any disclosures to their investors and from credit suisse, they say their focus is on returning cash to inves

david cameron has repeatedly refused to say how much money he made from greensill. what have you discovered, then? can you hear me, andy? i’m greensill. what have you discovered, then? can you hear me, andy? i'm so sor , i then? can you hear me, andy? i'm so sorry. i cannot — then? can you hear me, andy? i'm so sorry, i cannot hear _ then? can you hear me, andy? i'm so sorry, i cannot hear the _ then? can you hear me, andy? i'm so sorry, i cannot hear the audio - sorry, i cannot hear the audio coming from the studio. i can tell you that we got hold of a letter from greensill capital to david cameron which indicates he received $4.5 million after cashing in greensill shares in 2019. he was also paid a salary of $1 million per year as a part—time adviser to the company. 0n year as a part—time adviser to the company. on top of that, we understand he was paid a bonus of 700,000 in 2019. it looks like you made around $10 million before tax. two and a half years part—time work, that won't at more than £7.5 million. �* . that won't at more than £7.5 million.

we have had a statement from david cameron's of this saying — statement from david cameron's of this saying he deeply regrets what happened, he didn't know anything atrout— happened, he didn't know anything about the _ happened, he didn't know anything about the difficulties facing greensill capital and its client and he does _ greensill capital and its client and he does not recognise the £7 million figure _ he does not recognise the £7 million figure that _ he does not recognise the £7 million figure that panorama are quoting for his salary _ london's tower bridge has remained stuck open overnight and is expected to cause more traffic disruption in the capital today. the i27—year—old crossing became jammed after allowing a tall ship through yesterday afternoon. a "technical failure" is being blamed, but it's not known when it will be fixed. drivers and pedestrians have been warned to avoid the area. bizarre, seeing it like that. absolutely. for people living with dementia, the path to a crucial diagnosis can take months, sometimes even years. but now scientists in cambridg

documents obtained by the bbc suggest former uk prime minister david cameron made around £7 million

cameron — who made around seven million pounds from the failed finance company greensill. so, let's start. let's start with the financial times. every story begins with this sobering report from the un. lucy, i wonder how you read the ft�*s story. a lot of people have said we knew this, it's almost the way in which it's phrased. it's so worrying. it’s it's phrased. it's so worrying. it's very stark- _ it's phrased. it's so worrying. it�*s very stark. they pull no punches in this report. the extraordinary thing is how the timing of this report happens to appear exactly the same time as we are seeing here in the west some really horrendous images — fires in greece, floods in places like germany, belgium and the netherlands. they say the picture tells a thousand words, so you have a report on the one hand, and you have these incredibly vivid images at the same time. i think that's probably going to really start to tip the balance for any climate change deniers or sceptics that, actually, this is real and really urgent. there's quite a lot that we could be doing. what'

you get expressions of regret, like david cameron, the british prime minister in 2015 when he went to jamaica. no apology. the european governments prefer to see we regret very much what we have done, and that is the end of the conversation. reparations says we apologise for what we have done. now let us work together in partnership and work through the consequences of what we have done. so, reparations is really a partnership relationship that may lead to development, but importantly it leads to the elevation of those who continue to suffer the harm. we do not want necessarily to be locked into a discourse around settlements or stop we want to speak about the process of reparations, the development consequences. so, development money for countries where there were enslaved africans descendants, that is what you want? yes. 0k. this is where the british established the model. what was the model? the british came here in the 16 20s, the following decade the british said all black people on this island, and those who are coming here in the future, will be classified as nonhuman. they are

cameron and others at each. i thought that i think were fascinated by the performance of politics, the game of politics. and to this very day, if you struggle to find clear definition about johnson's broad mission, there is no doubt that in the game of politics, he's proved to be a winner on his terms. just as a very unusual technique for a politician. it's also a decided he would continue with a fairly high risk, a lifestyle across a range of things to take risks. please. journalist suddenly seemed to a stranger to the child on various occasions, but would, would have the demeanor of saying all that stuff doesn't matter, but this is really a very unusual, a position to take a model made. it's fascinating. i remember working on the program with him occasionally when he was a journalist and he said he want to go and politics and boys. he done it. and so you know, whatever the traits he has got away with. thanks so far. now that will come a point almost inevitably, when he doesn't, and that will be the, the full b

and, you know, he, david cameron and others at e to i thought that i think were fascinated by the performance of politics, the game of politics. and to this very day, if you struggle to find clear definition about johnson's broad mission, there is no doubt that in the game of politics, he's proved to be a winner on his tongue. johnson, as a very unusual technique for a politician. it's also a decided he would continue with a fairly high risk, a lifestyle across a range of things to take risks. journalism you seemed a stranger to the child on various occasions would, would have the demeanor of saying all that stuff doesn't matter, but this is really a very unusual, a position to take a model made. it's fascinating. i remember working on the program with him occasionally when he was a journalist and you said you want to go into politics and boys. he done it. and so you know, whatever the traits he has got away with. thanks so far. now that will come a point almost inevitably, when he doesn't, and there will be the, the full back of all full baths. but it hasn't happened yet. and have you been h

and that's a scandal. ..like david cameron, the british prime minister in 2015, when he went to jamaica, no apology. because the european governments prefer to say, "we regret very much what we have done." and that's the end of the conversation. reparations says, "we apologise for what we have done. now let us work together in partnership and work through the consequences of what we have done." so reparations is really a partnership relationship that may lead to development, but, importantly, it leads to the elevation of those who continue to suffer the harm. we don't want necessarily to be locked into a discourse around settlements. we want to speak about the process of reparations, the development consequences, development... so development money for countries where... partnerships. ..there were enslaved africans... if you take barbados... that's what you want? yes! 0k. this is where the british established their model. what was the model? the british came here in the 1620s. the following decade, the british said, "all black people on this island and those who are coming here in the f

and you know, he and david cameron and others at e to, i thought, said, i think were fascinated by the performance of politics, the game of politics. and to this very day, if you struggle to find clear definition about johnson's broad mission, there is no doubt that in the game of politics, he's proved to be a winner on his tongue. johnson, as a very unusual technique for the a politician. it's also a decided he would continue with a fairly high risk, a lifestyle across a range of things. take risks. journalist suddenly seemed to a stranger to the child on various occasions but would, would help the demeanor of saying, well, that stuff doesn't matter, but this is really a very unusual, a position to take for a model made for with this. it's fascinating. i remember working on the program with him occasionally when he was a journalist and he said he wanted to go into politics and boise done it. and so you know, whatever the traits he has got away with. thanks so far. now that will come a point almost inevitably, when he doesn't, and there will be the, the full back of all full buys. but

and you know, he and david cameron and others at each. i thought that i think were fascinated by the performance of politics, the game of politics. and to this very day, if you struggle to find clear definition about johnson's broad mission, there is no doubt that in the game of politics, he's proved to be a winner on his tongue. johnson as a very unusual technique for the politicians. it's also a decided he would continue with fairly high risk a lifestyle across a range of things to take risks. please. journalist suddenly seemed a stranger to the child on various occasions would, would help the demeanor of saying all that stuff doesn't matter that this is really a very unusual a position to take a model made for this. it's fascinating. i remember working on the program with him occasionally when he was a journalist and he said he want to go into politics and boise done it. and so you know, whatever the traits he has got away with things so far. now that will come a point almost inevitably, when he doesn't, and there will be the, the full

you just get expressions of regret, like david cameron, the british prime minister in 2015, when he went to jamaica. no apology. the european governments prefer to say, "we regret very much what we have done," and that's the end of the conversation. reparations says, "we apologise for what we have done. now let us work together in partnership and work through the consequences of what we have done." so, reparations is really a partnership relationship that may lead to development, but importantly, it leads to the elevation of those who continue to suffer the harm. we don't want necessarily to be locked into a discourse around settlements. we want to speak about the process of reparations, the development consequences. development in all of the areas... so, development money for countries where there were... partnerships. ..enslaved africans descendants, that's what you want? yes! 0k. this is where the british established the model. what was the model? the british came here in the 1620s. the following decade, the british said all black people on this island and those who are coming here in

cameron's lobbying allegations. how corrupt has the johnson governments response to corona virus been in your estimation until this government came along? i had never dad call a u. k. gotten corrupt. i was busy and that was a pretty i'm well, i think today because it was got to be pretty risky with regard to the locals. frankly, i don't think anyone has any concern about coding this government crop now because the evidence is over whelming, this government is pursuing its business in a fashion that is corrupted, favoring its own ministers. on some occasions with contracts, mat hancock got a contract from his own department from which he benefited something which by any reasonable definition of corruption might be involved in anti corruption campaign. in some way, for 2 decades, anyone would say is unacceptable. we say for the ministers lobby in ways apparently would be unacceptable. in many countries, we see borrows, johnson, frankly distorting the truth telling lies slowly without apparently any concern and knowing

you get expressions of regret, like david cameron, the british prime minister in 2015, when he went to jamaica. no apology. the european governments prefer to say "we regret very much what we have done," and that is the end of the conversation. reparations says "we apologise for what we have done. "now let us work together in partnership and work "through the consequences of what we have done." so reparations is really a partnership relationship that may lead to development, but importantly, it leads to the elevation of those who continue to suffer the harm. we do not want necessarily to be locked into a discourse around settlements. we want to speak about the process of reparations, the development consequences. development in all of the areas... so, development money for countries where there were. . . partnerships. ..enslaved africans descendants, that is what you want? yes. 0k. this is where the british established the model. what was the model? the british came here in the 1620s. the following decade the british said all black people on this island, and those who are coming here i

cameron's lobbying allegations. how corrupt has the johnson governments response to corona virus? been in your estimation? oh look, until this government came along, i had never dad call a u. k. government corrupt who was busy and that was a pretty online thing to do because it was got to be pretty risky with regard to the locals. a frankly, i don't think anyone has any concern about coding this government crop now because the evidence is over whelming, this government is pursuing its business in a fashion that is corrupted, favoring its own ministers. on some occasions with contracts, mat hancock got a contract from his own department from which he benefited something which by any reasonable definition of corruption might be involved in anti corruption campaign. in some way for 2 decades. anyone would say is unacceptable. we see for the ministers lobby in ways of frankly, would be unacceptable in many countries. we see bar as johnson frankly distorting the true telling light slowly without apparently any concern kn

you get expressions of regret, like david cameron, the british prime minister in 2015, when he went to jamaica. no apology. the european governments prefer to say "we regret very much what we have done," and that is the end of the conversation. reparations says "we apologise for what we have done. "now let us work together in partnership and work "through the consequences of what we have done." so reparations is really a partnership relationship that may lead to development, but importantly, it leads to the elevation of those who continue to suffer the harm. we do not want necessarily to be locked into a discourse around settlements. we want to speak about the process of reparations, the development consequences. development in all of the areas... so, development money for countries where there were. . . partnerships. ..enslaved africans descendants, that is what you want? yes! 0k. this is where the british established the model. what was the model? the british came here in the 1620s. the following decade the british said all black people on this island, and those who are coming here i

cameron's lobbying allegations. how corrupt has the johnson governments response to corona virus? been in your estimation until this government came along. i had never dad call a u. k. gotten corrupt. i was busy and that was a pretty i'm well, i think today because it was got to be pretty risky with regard to the locals. a frankly, i don't think anyone have any concern about quoting this government crop. now because the evidence today over whelming, this government is pursuing its business in a fashion that is corrupted, favoring its own ministers. on some occasions with contracts, mat hancock got a contract from his own department from which he benefited something which by any reasonable definition of corruption might be involved in anti corruption campaign in some way for 2 decades. anyone would say it's unacceptable. we see form administered lobby in ways apparently would be unacceptable in many countries. we see bar as johnson frankly distorting the true telling light slowly without apparently any concern knowin

cameron's lobbying allegations. how corrupt has the johnson government response to corona virus? been in your estimation? oh look, until this government came along, i had never dad call a u. k. government corrupt who was busy and that was a pretty online thing to do because it was got to be pretty risky with regard to the locals. frankly, i don't think anyone has any concern about quoting this government crop now, because the evidence is over whelming, this government is pursuing its business in a fashion that is corrupted, favoring its own minister. on some occasions with contracts, mat hancock got a contract from his own department from which he benefited something which by any reasonable definition of corruption might be involved in anti corruption campaign. in some way, for 2 decades. anyone would say is unacceptable. we see for the ministers lobby in ways frankly would be unacceptable. in many countries, we see borrows, johnson, frankly distorting the true telling lies slowly without apparently any concern know

tonight on panorama — david cameron and the missing billions. scandalous. no other prime minister in modern times has felt it appropriate to act in this way. the former prime minister promoted his friends controversial investment schemes. there could be billions on the line here, which could be lost from supposedly ultra—safe funds. we reveal the truth about lex greensill�*s dodgy deals. in the end, it turns out the company was clearly very, very problematic. in the end, it turns out. the company was clearly very, very problematic. how uk taxpayers could lose hundreds of millions.

david cameron made around $10 million from greensill capital before the finance company collapsed, documents obtained by bbc panorama suggest. the documents indicate the former prime minister received lt.5 million dollars after cashing in greensill shares in 2019. mr cameron's spokesman said his remuneration was a private matter. first it was loo rolls, hand sanitiser and flour. now the uk is facing another troubling shortage — sheds. the increased demand for outdoor space has meant a surge in demand for the timber needed to make the sheds, and the global supply chain has been struggling to keep up. waiting lists are getting longer — and prices are going up. argos, b&q, and other companies are reporting many of their sheds are out of stock, with no real end date for supplies returning to normal. joining me now is retail analyst, kate hardcastle. why this shortage? assumedly timber is not as hard to get hold of a certain other things. it actually is. we are in the middle of a lumber crisis and experts have been warning about that since beginning the year. this comes down to a perfect stor

now, this has come to the fall because of david cameron, former prime minister, and his role in the green sale affair. and now, more recently, philip hammond, now lord hammond, who is the former chancellor who left parliament in 2019, who has been accused of lobbying on behalf of the bank that he was working for. now, it does seem to me that yes, of course, everybody is going to use their contacts, everybody is going to use their networks, but lobbying on behalf of someone who is paying you as a whole different ball game. and i think, you as a whole different ball game. and ithink, you know, two as a whole different ball game. and i think, you know, two years isn't very long, there has been a conversation about whether that should be extended to five years, but, you know, the idea that you would then get these people to give money back, i mean, you know, it just isn't going to happen, it is just isn't going to happen, it is just empty words, in my view, and i think anything will come of it. penny, i want to get your thoughts on the final story, the one on the front of the independent. for

military withdrawal really began back in 2012 when david cameron announced the decision to end the uk's military operation there, which happened in 2014, so there wasn't the same presence the u.s. had. lisa: what will this due to the relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. going forward, if anything? or is it basically another bump along the road to restore that alliance? therese: i think on the surface, you will obviously hear the reassurances that the alliance is strong. we heard the call between boris johnson and president biden. but beneath that, there is a change here. the assumption after donald trump was voted out of office was that the alliance would return to a footing that was more familiar from the post-cold war period, one of collaboration, cooperation, reinforcing the international rules-based order. i think that is very clearly over from the perspective of a lot of of a lot of -- from the perspective of a lot of european allies, and america's appetite for intervention hasn't locations for security in europe. there's the question of narcotics trafficking and the all-impo

cameron. begins you are a couple of comments from him and he starts right talking about the evacuation efforts, those attempts to get people out of kabul who have worked in some capacity for the british government. let us hear those comments from the prime minister. ijust i just checked and ijust checked and the situation is getting somewhat better. we are seeing the stabilisation at the airport at the international airport and yesterday we were able to get out and about a thousand people and today, another thousand people and a lot of those new to eligible persons coming back to the country, they're coming back to the country, they're coming back to the country, they're coming back under the afghanistan resettlement and desistance programme. those of the people, the interpreters to those we owe debts of gratitude and honour and we will continue to work as we can over the next few days. continue to work as we can over the next few deve— next few days. taking a phone call, we know the _ next

cameron's government back in 2014. you might remember that that, over a period of about six years, we settled around 20,000 syrians who were seen to be in the most need in the uk. this is going to be considerably more complicated by the fact that the taliban have taken so much territory in afghanistan. but the government is working on the details of that scheme. no numbers being put on it at the moment. no specifics about when exactly that will come into play and exactly who it will focus on. but i'd expect, when we do get those details, it will in particular have a focus on women and girls. there is a real concern in the uk government about the impact that the taliban's plans are going to have on some of the women and young women that the nato forces helped over the last few years to get into education and get into work. no numbers, no specifics, but i would expect to get that plan within the next couple of days. that plan within the next couple of da s. �* , ., , , ., that plan within the next couple of das. , , da

so not the sort of arrangement the liberal democrats had with the conservatives under david cameron at westminster, but it will be a deeper relationship than that between the dup who supported theresa may's government after 2017. supported theresa may's government after2017. basically supported theresa may's government after 2017. basically the greens will be signed up to the vast bulk of the scottish government's programme but they have negotiated opt out! in areas of policy where there are disagreements that they can't resolve. so it looks like they will have a couple ofjunior ministers in the scottish government, as a party they will be able to criticise the government of which they are part on areas of policy where there is that fundamental disagreement. it is based on the arrangement that the greens have with jacinda ardern's government in new zealand. and i know the scottish greens have been taking advice from there and they have said the scottish greens need to be sure they get some big policy winds in exchange for the support they will now be lending to the scottish government,

cameron, nick clegg and the liberal democrats finance person coming together as the so—called quad. there is going to be a quad here too, nicola sturgeon, patrick harvie, john swinney, a law now. there are also some lessons here for westminster here as well. sirjohn, fascinating to talk to you. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's austin. good afternoon. we're well into the second round of golf�*s women's open now and england's georgia hall is right in the thick of things at carnoustie. the 2018 champion is in the clubhouse, tied for the lead on 7 under par — but there are still plenty of players out on the course. hall had one of the early tee times and shot a 3 under round of 69 to top the leaderboard there with american mina harigae. scottish amateur louise duncan is 4 shots back — she couldn't quite re—create the heroics of her opening round, but she'll stay in the hunt over the weekend. and world number one nelly korda is out on the course now... midway is out on the course now... through her second rol the overnight leader has dropped a sho

it was a second straight first round defeat at the tournament for britain's cameron norrie as well. he lost in three sets to americanjohn isner. finally, boxer david haye says he can't wait to get back in the ring when he fights his friend joe fournier, in los angeles next month. the former world heavyweight champion is coming out of retirement at the age of 40. and just like when he was champion of the world, haye's not short on confidence. i'm normally giving him advice on boxing, you know, but obviously i can't do that now. i am fighting him. and we put our friendship kind of on pause. we're still friends, but we put it on pause till the fight. i want to make sure that i'm there when he wakes up on september 11 to give him a nice hug and wish him well. birmingham pheonix have all—but—secured their place in the women's hundred eliminator after a win over northern superchargers. evejones put in a sensational performance, scoring 64 as phoenix batted first, setting a target of 148 to win. and then she produced a stunning catch to help her team victory, and set up a clash with th